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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josef Mueller, Feusisberg, CH;
Assignee:
Phonak AG, Stafa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ;
Abstract
A hearing aid comprising a case ( ) and a horn ( ) connectable to the case. The hearing aid also includes an acoustic input aperture and an acoustic output aperture ( ). The horn ( ) is rotatably supported in the case ( ), and a detachable lid ( ) is released by rotating the horn ( ) from an operational hearing-aid position into a servicing position. In this manner, the lid ( ) is simply removed from and/or inserted into the horn. The lid covers as well as forms the acoustic input aperture.